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A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

This is an untimed game, created by the FunTrivia QuizBot using questions submitted by players. Take your time, and please consider submitting questions of your own when you are done!

#1. History Mixture. Player Windswept asks:
  What is the fiery name given to the famous Civil War General Sherman's military tactics?

    Pride's purge
    Vertical envelopment
    Scorched earth
    Massed howitzer fire

#2. History Mixture. Player Learningpainz asks:
  What was the name of the first animal or animal pair to orbit the Earth?

    "Gordo" the squirrel monkey
    "Belka" and "Strelka" the dogs
    "Able" and "Baker" the monkeys
    "Laika" the dog

#3. History Mixture. Player Buddy1 asks:
  Which of the following civilizations is also known as the "land between the rivers"?

    Rome
    Egypt
    Mesopotamia
    China

#4. History Mixture. Player shooterracer asks:
  Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, was the first man in space. What is the citizenship of the first woman in space?

    Soviet
    American
    German
    Japanese

#5. History Mixture. Player Dutch2001 asks:
  What corporal in the German army threw himself on his bed and cried when he heard that Germany had lost World War I?

    Erwin Rommel
    Adolf Hitler
    Angela Merkel
    Otto von Bismarck

#6. History Mixture. Player CellarDoor asks:
  In old maps drafted by Europeans, what Latin phrase was used to denote uncharted or unexplored territory?

    Veni, vidi, vici
    Carpe diem
    Terra incognita
    Fiat lux

#7. History Mixture. Player merylfederman asks:
  Which of these is *NOT* one of the classical ancient Greek four elements?

    fire
    air
    water
    light

#8. History Mixture. Player F6FHellcat asks:
  On June 20, 1864, one Sergeant Major George Polley was killed during the Siege of Petersburg. What funerary object, typically made of stone, had he just made for himself that very morning out of wood?

    His gravestone
    His hearse
    His coffin
    His footstone

#9. History Mixture. Player BrightonDragon asks:
  In 1997, the UK transferred Hong Kong to China for what reason?

    Pressure from the Chinese
    To comply with a ruling by the International Court
    Anti colonial sentiment in the UK
    A lease on areas of Hong Kong expired

#10. History Mixture. Player GBfan asks:
  Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima are sites of famous nuclear meltdowns. Which is NOT a country were these three incidents occurred?

    Japan
    Ukraine
    France
    USA